Purple Nuisance Algae

[EPo]

Hey all. Does anyone know what type of algae this is? and more importantly how i can defeat/get rid of it? it is purple and looks like turf. The only way i have been able to get it out is to use frag clippers and cut the coraline algae out. the purple algae is embedded in the coraline. so i cant just pick it off. i feel the more i try to cut it out, the more it multiplies since i cant get all of it as it floats away. plus i knock into too many corals breaking them. It is starting to multiply and irritate corals near it. Any thoughts would be appreciated. thanks!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

The pictures make it very difficult to ID.

 

[ahiggins]

I agree can you get some with white light only?
There's a few I can think of off the top of my head but without leaf structure...I can't say.

 

[EPo]

Are these better?

 

[ahiggins]

that sorta looks like wire algae...Ive never had it personally though so I wouldnt be able to recommend anything